شجرة

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See also: سحرة

Arabic

Etymology

Singulative noun composed of شَجَر (šajar, trees) +‎ ـَة (-a).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʃa.d͡ʒa.ra/
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Noun

شَجَرَة (šajaraf (singulative, collective شَجَر m (šajar), dual شَجَرَتَان (šajaratān), plural أَشْجَار (ʔašjār), paucal شَجَرَات (šajarāt))

  1. tree
    أَوَّلُ الشَّجَرَةِ بَذْرَةٌ.
    ʔawwalu aš-šajarati baḏratun.
    The tree begins with a seed.
  2. shrub, bush
    • 975–997, محمد بن أحمد الخوارزمي [muḥammad ibn ʕaḥmad al-ḵwārizmī], edited by Gerlof van Vloten, مفاتيح العلوم [mafātīḥ al-ʕulūm], Leiden: E. J. Brill, published 1895, pages 170 line 9–171 line 1:
      لَاعِيَة شَجَرَةٌ تَنْبُتُ فِي سَفْحِ ٱلْجِبَالِ لَهَا وَرَقٌ طَيِّبُ ٱلرَِيحِ تَجْرِسُهُ ٱلنَّحْلُ وَلَهُ لَبَنٌ غَزِيرٌ إِذَا قُطِعَتْ
      lāʕiya(t) šajaratun tanbutu fī safḥi l-jibāli lahā waraqun ṭayyibu r-raīḥi tajrisuhu n-naḥlu walahu labanun ḡazīrun ʔiḏā quṭiʕat
      Green spurge or sun spurge is a shrub which grows on the surfaces of mountains, it has good-smelling leaves sucked by bees and copious milk when slit.

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References

  • Wehr, Hans (1979) “شجر”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

Hijazi Arabic

Root
ش ج ر
1 term

Etymology

From Arabic شَجَرَة (šajara).

Pronunciation

Noun

شجرة (šajaraf (singulative, collective شجر m (šajar), plural شجرات (šajarāt))

  1. tree

South Levantine Arabic

Root
ش ج ر
2 terms

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Arabic شَجَرَة (šajara).

Pronunciation

Noun

شجرة (šajaraf (singulative, collective شجر m (šajar), paucal شجرات (šajarāt))

  1. tree

See also

  • غابة (ḡābe, forest), حرش (ḥurš, forest, wood)